A:Answer Most turntables have a pre-amp, otherwise there would be very little, or no sound at all. I've hooked my old Aiwa turntable up to 3 different stereos, and 3 different surround sound systems including this one with no problems. So you should be fine unless your turntable is outputting some serious power. In line signal amplifiers are often used to boost signal when using long cables in large space applications with no issues. Think mansions, multi-room applications, stadiums, ect. Even your media players, DVD players, Blue Ray Disc Players, gaming systems, Roku Boxes, cable and satellite boxes, ect., have internal signal amplifiers built in.